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A general account of bonding<br />
various types of concerns, leisure activity, abstinence, debauchery, etc. And<br />
what is true of this type of bond also applies to the others in their own way.<br />
27. The substance of that which can be bound. There are two causes of the act<br />
of bonding, and they are the same as the two causes of the essence of that<br />
which, as such, can be bound: namely, knowledge of some kind and desire<br />
of some kind. If something has no desire at all, then it cannot be bound<br />
spiritually in any way at all. Furthermore, if something has no knowledge<br />
and desire, then it cannot bind anything either socially or through magic. I<br />
will not speak of the other types of bonds because I would not want to say<br />
anything unsuitable to those of limited vision, who are numerous.<br />
28. The completeness of that which can be bound. Something is perfectly<br />
bound if it is bound in all its powers and components. Hence, he who binds<br />
should count these items carefully so that, in wishing to bind as completely<br />
as possible, he can tie up many or all of them. He should have no doubt or<br />
confusion about the different types and powers of nourishment and<br />
enticement which affect the soul and the spirit.<br />
29. The connection of things that can be bound. It is not possible for a bonding<br />
agent to bind something to himself unless the former is also bound to<br />
the latter, for bonds adhere to, and are inserted into, that which is bound;<br />
the bonding agent, which may accidentally be bound to another object,<br />
must be truly bound to the object which it binds to itself. However, the<br />
bonding agent has an advantage over that which is bound, for he is master<br />
over the bonds, and because he is not affected and influenced in the same<br />
way. This notion is supported by the fact that a procurer binds but is not<br />
bound, but she who is loved is not bound by her lover unless he is bound<br />
by her in the same act of love. Furthermore, a spiritual and mysterious type<br />
of bond occasionally also occurs in which she who is loved is bound by her<br />
lover, but she neither knows nor loves him. This is the type and level of love<br />
in which Eros was brought to tears and unhappiness by Anteros. But at the<br />
social level, no one binds unless he is also bound by the same or a similar<br />
type of bond either to someone, or at least with someone, whom he desires<br />
to bind.<br />
30. The truth of that which can be bound. For that which can be bound to be<br />
truly bound, a real bond is not required, that is, a bond which is found in<br />
things. An apparent bond is enough, for the imagination of what is not true<br />
can truly bind, and by means of such an imagination, that which can be<br />
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